Death Ride Normandy

This Death Ride game comes with or allows:

Numerous Charts and Tables
Rules Written Based on the Seven Battlefield Operating Systems
Detailed but not Overbearing
Excellent Solitaire Play

FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN 22X34 SIZED MAPS:
Contact “bob@weebe5.com” for more information. Any requests for this opportunity are dealt with strictly through this 3rd party, not GSI. The gentleman is a trusted member of the GSI Death Ride testing team and is the creator of the DRN maps.

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Death Ride Normandy This game is going to cover the entire Normandy campaign from 6 June 1944 up to Cobra. It will be as grand a game as Death Ride Kursk and have all the richness of that game series. This series will be broken down into many smaller games. The Base Game focuses on the operation at Pt du Hoc conducted by elements of the 2nd Ranger Battalion. Along with this initial offering is Death Ride Normandy – Omaha Beach. I am also working on the other beaches will all take the game from the invasion through the end of 10 June 1944.

I am currently considering how to organize all the games in this series. I have created 2 versions of the base game DRN-Pt du Hoc. The first is the one with the Master Rules in hard copy. The second is the version without a hard copy of the Master Rules. I will make a hard copy of the Master Rules available as a separate purchase for those who want to have one provided by Grognard Simulations. The Master Rules will be set up similarly to the Death Ride Kursk model where there are a number of different levels of play. The Master Rules DO NOT have the advanced rules included. The DRN-Advanced Rules are include in the US and CW A-M-L Enhancements. This will make the game easier to pickup for newcomers, and yet have the depth of play enjoyed by experienced players. I will be putting the common charts and tables needed for the general game system in the Pt du Hoc game. This will make the Pt du Hoc scenario playable and small for those wishing an introductory game into the series. The first 2 games mentioned above are the initial offerings of the main amphibious packages. These games will address the battle from 6 June through 10 June. There will be additional expansions to the series for beyond 10 June. These expanions are yet to be finalized.

Here is a sample of the map plan (the GREEN box represents the map area for Pt du Hoc) (This map plan is under continuous refinement):

This map plan is more complete as of Sep 2024! Notice the change for DRN-All-the-Way. There could be more changes and additions depending on how far into the campaign I decide to go.

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THESE GAMES REQUIRES DEATH RIDE NORMANDY – Pt du Hoc and OMAHA IN ORDER TO BE PLAYED
Next out of the gate will be Utah Beach and All the Way. These games will depict the landings of the 4th ID and 101Airborne (Utah Beach), and the 82nd Airborne (All the Way). DRN-Utah Beach will include a scenario for 6 June, and attack by the 101AB on Carentan, and the Defense of Carentan by the 101AB and a CC of 2AD. I am unsure as yet whether I will be able to release both at the same time. We’ll see. DRN-All the Way is planned to have scenarios for the battles along the Merderet River and the overall VII Corps Daily scenarios starting around 7 June up to 10 June.

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Death Ride Normandy – All-the-Way:
Box Cover for DRN-All-the-Way:

This game is going to expand on the progress made in the DRN-Utah Beach game in starting the battle for the Cotentin Peninsula. The US VII Corps, spearheaded by the 4ID, and joined by the 101AB and 82AB via parachute drop, begin the bloody process of freeing the area from the Germans on the morning of 6 June 1944. The 82AB drop into areas filled with German troops and must fight from the start for their very survival. They make a drop at St Mere Eglise, which becomes legendary, and to the west of the Merderet River, looking to hold on to bridgeheads for the other VII Corps troops coming to their aid. In response to the landings the Germans activate the 77ID, 243ID, 3FsJ, and 5Fsj Divisions across the Cotentin and into Brittany.

This is shaping up to be a big package. Possibly included will be:
10+ Counter Sheets
(5) 22×34 Maps and (2) 22×17 Maps
6 OBs
5x Daily and 2x Small Scenarios

Price is ~$232.50 Commitment plus FREE postage

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Death Ride Normandy – Utah Beach:
Box Cover for DRN-Utah Beach:

This game is going to complete the beginning of the Normandy Campaign from the landing perspective for the period from 6 through 10 June. There are further games planned to continue the campaign through the end of July. Stay tuned! Here you get to see how nasty the US Airborne landings were and just how easy the beach landings were. Our Paratroop Scatter mechanism is one of the best you will ever encounter, and it’s based on platoons. That’s much closer to the actual sticks that landed and they are scattered to the four winds. You will get some landing in the ocean, the swamp, rivers, and villages/towns. It will be a monumental task to get the remaining paratroopers to reorganize and take the objectives that were set for them. The Germans also have a monumental task. They are beset by enemy troops reported everywhere. They must send units all over the peninsula to deal with them. This means they have a rough time focusing on getting them to focus on the Utah Beach bridgehead. That was the point.

Price is $320 plus FREE postage

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THIS GAME REQUIRES DEATH RIDE NORMANDY – SWORD BEACH, JUNO BEACH, and OMAHA IN ORDER TO BE PLAYED

Death Ride Normandy – Gold Beach:
Box Cover for DRN-Gold Beach:

The British 50th Infantry Division, landing to the west of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, made good gains on D-Day and looked like it would be able to advance on Bayeux on the 7th without problem. After consolidating for the night the British moved out smartly in the morning to the south along the road toward Bayeux. For the 2 days they would make some headway, and then be stopped cold for weeks by Panzer Lehr, possibly the best Panzer Division in the German Army. The fight between these 2 divisions would become legendary during the campaign and filled with vicious combat.

Death Ride Normandy – Gold Beach:
Longues-sur-Mer, Bayeux, Gold Beach, and Tilly-sur-Seulles Maps
8 Counter Sheets
50ID Order of Battle
Funnies assigned to 50ID
Gold WNs
Lehr PzD
Transport Charts
Wave Charts
Supplemental Rules

A sample of units of the Panzer Lehr Division, 24th Lancers, and 12th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps:

Price is $235 plus FREE postage

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Death Ride Normandy – Juno Beach:

THIS GAME REQUIRES DEATH RIDE NORMANDY – SWORD BEACH IN ORDER TO BE PLAYED

Box Cover for DRN-Juno Beach:

The Canadian 3rd Infantry Division, landing to the west of the 3rd British Infantry Division, made good gains on D-Day and looked like it would be able to advance on Caen on the 7th without problem. After consolidating for the night the Canadians moved out smartly in the morning to the south along the road to Carpiquet Airport to the west of the city of Caen. Not long after starting out, and strung out in a long column, they came under intense and sustained fire from the 12SS Panzer Division. The fight between these 2 divisions would become legendary during the campaign and filled with vicious combat.

Death Ride Normandy – Juno Beach:

Juno Beach and Carpiquet Maps
7 Counter Sheets
3CID Order of Battle
Funnies assigned to 3CID
Juno WNs
12SS PzD
Transport Charts
Wave Charts
Supplemental Rules

A sample of units of the Canadian 2nd Armoured Brigade.

Pre-Order PRICE for Death Ride Normandy – Juno Beach:
Price is $199 plus FREE postage

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Death Ride Normandy – Sword Beach:

THIS GAME REQUIRES DEATH RIDE NORMANDY – PT DU HOC IN ORDER TO BE PLAYED

Box Cover for DRN-Sword Beach:

The British 3rd Infantry Division, along with Royal Marine and Commando’s, assault the continent at Sword Beach. One of the most important beaches in the entire operation due to its location nearest to the city of Caen. The city was an important objective to capture in the first day of the invasion. Some parts of the plan went perfect, such as the 1st Special Services Brigade getting to the Pegasus Bridge area to relieve the paratroopers at about 1200 hours. The picture on this box cover is of the Bagpiper that accompanied Lord Lovat, commander of 1st SS Brigade.

Death Ride Normandy – Sword Beach:

Sword Beach and Caen Maps
20+ Counter Sheets
5x Scenarios Based on each day, and a smaller Scenario each for 7-10 June
3ID Order of Battle
I Corps Order of Battle
21PzD Order of Battle
Sword WNs
Transport Charts
Wave Charts
Supplemental Rules

And we have Commandos and Funnies.

PRICE for Death Ride Normandy – Sword Beach:
Price is $246 plus FREE postage

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Death Ride Normandy – Operation Tonga:

THIS GAME REQUIRES DEATH RIDE NORMANDY – SWORD BEACH IN ORDER TO BE PLAYED

Box Cover for DRN-Operation Tonga:

The British 6th Airborne Division has the mission of parachuting into the area east of the Orne River in order to hold the eastern flank of the entire invasion.

Death Ride Normandy – Operation Tonga:

Merville, Houlgate, Troarn, and Mezidon Maps
10+ Counter Sheets
5x Scenarios Based on each day, and a smaller Scenario each for 7-10 June
6ABD Order of Battle
51ID Order of Battle
711ID Order of Battle
346ID Order of Battle
Merville WNs
Drop and Landing Charts
Supplemental Rules

PRICE for Death Ride Normandy – Operation Tonga:
Price is $1208 plus FREE postage

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Death Ride Normandy – CW A-M-L:

THIS ENHANCEMENT SUPPORTS DEATH RIDE NORMANDY – COMMONWEALTH FORCES

Box Cover for DRN CW A-M-L:

This enhancement provides the Commonwealth player with the entire II British Tactical Airforce. Additional maintenance recovery units, supply transport units, and supply units, all spell extra detail that players will appreciate.

PRICE for Death Ride Normandy – CW A-M-L:
Price is $131 plus FREE postage

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Death Ride Normandy – Omaha Beach and Pt du Hoc:

THIS GAME REQUIRES DEATH RIDE NORMANDY – PT DU HOC IN ORDER TO BE PLAYED
Box Cover for DRN-Omaha Beach:

THIS IS THE BASE GAME FOR THE DEATH RIDE NORMANDY SERIES OF GAMES
Box Cover for DRN-Pt du Hoc:

Box Cover for DRN-US Air, Maintenance, Logistics (A-M-L) Enhancement:

Here is a small portion of the map done by Robert Weebe. It shows an area of Omaha Beach near St Laurent:
(You can see the intermediate tide lines, an important feature of the landings, some Resistance Nests and their associated arcs of fire)

Below is ‘E’ Company 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. The platoons, company build up, battalion mortar platoon, and the task organization marker.

Below is ‘6’ Company, 6th Falschirmjager Regiment. The platoons, company build up, and battalion machine gun platoon.

Some of the 17th SS Panzer Grenadiers of the 7th Company, 37th SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment. The platoons, heavy weapons platoon, and the company build up.

Here are some Atlantik Wall Fort Details:

And also some detail from an Order of Battle:

I have added some more info to the OB cards. The “F” and “B” markings are for the C2 Flexible and Balanced HQ.
I have also listed whether the formation is Elite, Regular, Green, or Conscript.

Game Scales are:

Game Turns are 2 hours for regular turns and 40 minutes for invasion turns; a change from most other Death Ride series games
Hex Scale is 330m per Hex
Most units are platoons with the ability to combine into companies

Component Lists for the upcoming games are:
Death Ride Normandy – Pt du Hoc:

Pt du Hoc Map
1x Counter Sheet
1x Scenario Card
DRN Common Charts and Tables (Losses, Air, DRMs, Firepower, Game Turn Track, Battle Board, Examples, Terrain, Shore Fire, Air/Naval Bombardment, Call for Fire, Fire and Assault Tables, Paradrop Tables, C2, and Logistics Tables…) bound into a spiral book
29ID Order of Battle
352ID Order of Battle
Master Reinforcement Chart

Death Ride Normandy – Omaha Beach:

Omaha Beach, Grand Camp, Aure, Foret de Cerisy, and Isigny Maps
21+ Counter Sheets
5x Scenarios Based on each day, and a smaller Scenario each for 7-10 June
1ID Order of Battle
V Corps Order of Battle
2ID Order of Battle
2AD Order of Battle
17SS PzG Order of Battle
7A Order of Battle
Grandcamp WNs
Omaha WNs
Transport Charts
Wave Charts
Supplemental Rules

Death Ride Normandy – US Air-Maintenance-Logistics:

6x Counter Sheets with the IX Tactical Airforce, Maintenance, and Logistics units
Strategic/Tactical Interdiction Map
German Off-Map Movement Chart
Squadron Charts
Maintenance Charts
Logistics Charts
And…the Advanced Rules

THE PRICES FOR THESE PRODUCTS ARE SHOWN BELOW:
Death Ride Normandy – Pt du Hoc (Base Game)(LITE version has no hard copy Master Rules):
Price is $109 (FULL)/$87 (LITE) plus FREE postage

PRICE for Death Ride Normandy – Omaha Beach:
Price is $350 plus FREE postage

PRICE for Death Ride Normandy – Utah Beach:
Price is $320 plus FREE postage

PRICE for Death Ride Normandy – US A-M-L (Air/Maintenance/Logistics) Enhancement:
Price is $120 plus FREE postage

PRICE for Death Ride Normandy – Sword Beach:
Price is $246 plus FREE postage

PRICE for Death Ride Normandy – Operation Tonga:
Price is $208 plus FREE postage

PRICE for Death Ride Normandy – Juno Beach:
Price is $199 plus FREE postage

PRICE for Death Ride Normandy – Gold Beach:
Price is $235 plus FREE postage

PRICE for Death Ride Normandy – CW A-M-L (Air/Maintenance/Logistics) Enhancement:
Price is $131 plus FREE postage

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